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The adopted daughter

and other tales
Cary, Alice (1820-1871)
  
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CONTENTS.

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THE ADOPTED DAUGHTER.
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THREE SCENES IN THE SOUTH.
 3. 
MARY NEILLY.
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THE LAST OF TORCONNIER'S BAND.
 5. 
THE SPOILER.
 6. 
A COUNTRY RECOLLECTION, OR, THE REFORMED INEBRIATE.
 7. 
THE WAY-SIDE SPRING.
 8. 
THE DYING HUSBAND.
 9. 
A WATER-SONG.
 10. 
OUT OF THE TAVERN.
 11. 
AGATHA TO HAROLD. A BALLAD.
 12. 
TWILIGHT
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LITTLE PELEG, THE DRUNKARD'S SON;
 14. 
THE HEART'S LITANY.
 15. 
COMFORT.
 16. 
THE PEN AND THE PRESS.
 17. 
LOVELY WOMAN.
 18. 
THE CONSECRATION.
 19. 
THE SCULPTOR OF FLORENCE AND THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER.
 20. 
“LOVE AND CHERISH ONE ANOTHER!”
 21. 
ROSE MAY, THE NEW SCHOOL-MISTRESS. A REMINISCENCE OF A NAMELESS VILLAGE.
 22. 
THE DEAD YOUTH OF THE ISTHMUS.
 23. 
CAST OUT THE WINE.
 24. 
A TALE.
 25. 
NANNY.
 26. 
MY EARLY FRIEND.
 27. 
THE SHADOW-DEATH.
 28. 
LOVE'S ASSURANCE.
 29. 
THE AUCTION, OR THE WEDDING-COAT. A TALE OF TRUTH.
 30. 
THE NEGLECTED.
 31. 
WINE OCCASIONALLY. EVELYN.
 32. 
UNEQUAL YOKING: A WARNING TO YOUNG WOMEN.
 33. 
THE ANGEL CHILD.
 34. 
A SISTER'S LOVE.
 35. 
THE DEVOTED.
 36. 
THE BASKET-MAKER. DEDICATED TO THE ARISTOCRACY.
 37. 
OUT-SPOKEN LOVE.
 38. 
LIGHTS AND SHADOWS.
 39. 
IDELLA PEMBERTON.
 40. 
AN AUTUMN SONG.
 41. 
THE LOVE OF ZEPHYR AND THE VIOLET.
 42. 
PRETTY, LAUGHING EOLINE.
 43. 
FEMALE PIONEERS OF THE WEST;
 44. 
MY WORK
 45. 
WORDS.
 46. 
ONE LEAF OF LIFE.
 47. 
THE TWO CLERKS.
 48. 
WINTER.
 49. 
LAMENT OF THE FORSAKEN.
 50. 
A TALE OF THE DESTROYER.
 51. 
THE SPIRIT OF THE VINE.
 52. 
NIAGARA.
 53. 
A TRUE STORY.
 54. 
EARTH'S HEAVENLY VISITOR.
 55. 
THE VOICE AND PEN.
 56. 
WATCHING.
 57. 
THE HISTORY OF A NEIGHBORHOOD. A TRUE TALE.

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CAST OUT THE WINE.

BY ALICE CAREY.

Why sit you idle here?
Rough grows the sea—
Lash the helm instantly—
Tack to the lee.
Hark, as the wind swept by
Fearful and dread,
Heard you the watchman cry,
Breakers ahead!
Death, death is in the reet—
Sharp is each crag—
Haul the rent canvass in—
Strike the proud flag!
Look, did the angry sky
Shake out the stars,
Light came so blindingly
Through the ship's spars.
Heave out the treasure from
Deck-plank to hold,
All the rich merchandize,
Spices and gold:
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Still are the gaping waves
Fearfully tossed—
Cast the wine overboard,
Else we are lost.
There, now the vessel's clear,
Now we are right,
Look for the beacon star,
Look for the light!
That was the watchman's cry—
“Morning is red,
Fresh breezes springing up,
Land, land ahead!”
Haste, set the swelling sail
Full to the breeze,
Now our ship gallantly
Ploughs through the seas.
Mariner, tempest-tossed
On the rough brine,
Would you sail steadily
Cast out the wine!
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